The Culture War Against Women (Reshma Saujani)
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Today, I'm having a conversation with Resmaa Sajjani, the founder of Girls Who Code and Mums First, and the filmmaker behind the new documentary, No Country for Mothers. I wanted to have Resmaa on because her work sits inside a tension I think about all the time. How much of our lives can we change through agency and how much has to change around us? I believe deeply in personal responsibility. I believe women have to own their ambition, their money and the way they show up in the world. But Reshma is asking us to hold another truth at the same time. Too many women are being asked to solve structural problems privately, in their homes, in their workplaces and inside their own bodies. What I found so important about this conversation is that we didn't agree on everything.
We really got into it. Work-life balance, ambition, flexibility, money, care, the future of work, and why women are so often pushed into judging each other instead of asking what would actually make our lives more supported. This is a conversation about choice, power, responsibility, and what it would take for women to build lives that actually work. This is Reshma Sujani. If you've ever worked in sales or run a team that does, this stat will hit a nerve. Sales teams spend about 50% of their time on admin work, entering data, chasing updates, logging activity, instead of selling, building relationships and closing deals. If the tool you're using is creating more work than it removes, something has gone fundamentally wrong.
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I have been watching you, I think I'm following you for the longest time. And so I'm really excited about the conversation that we have today. You've done so much incredible work, but for anyone who's not that familiar with you, I'd love you to give a little brief history of your career and really to talk about why you've wanted to spend your life really talking about and defending women's rights.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:09–17:17
2
Who is Reshma Sujani and why did she make No Country for Mothers?
17:17–29:21
3
How did COVID expose the failures of American motherhood and workforce design?
29:21–43:34
4
What is the ‘culture war’ that pits mothers against each other online?
43:34–57:58
5
How does the motherhood penalty differ from the gender pay gap?
57:58–1:11:20
Speakers
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